hippo tangs

[Hendersonracing]

I have 3 peppermint shrimg and a few fire shrimp! will this do the job?

 

[thor32766]

maybe someone else can chime in on those shrimp. I have two skunk cleaners in my 90 and 4 cleaners for my 220. These were bought just for my tangs and to keep them clean. They love their cleanings. good luck and bump to see if someone knows about those doing a good job of cleaning.

 

[spoiledcats]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7823750#post7823750 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thor32766
maybe someone else can chime in on those shrimp. I have two skunk cleaners in my 90 and 4 cleaners for my 220. These were bought just for my tangs and to keep them clean. They love their cleanings. good luck and bump to see if someone knows about those doing a good job of cleaning.

I've heard different people say different things about cleaner shrimp. Mine has always done a great job of keeping the fish clean. I've only had one outbreak of ich in my tank in about 5 years. But it wasn't a bad outbreak, and the shrimp took care of it. I think if it's a really bad outbreak, they can't keep up with it. But one of the LFS here says the only thing they do to control ich is keep cleaner shrimp in the tanks. And I saw a purple tang there that one week had ich so bad I thought it wouldn't live, and the next week I went, and it showed no signs of ich. They have a cleaner shrimp or 2 in every tank with the fish. I think they do a great job.

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7823611#post7823611 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Hendersonracing
I have 3 peppermint shrimg and a few fire shrimp! will this do the job?

Peppermint shrimp will not clean fish. Fire shrimp are technically cleaners. However, they are often so reclusive, that they are never out to do any cleaning, even if the fish wanted them to.

 

[spoiledcats]

Peppermint shrimp will not clean fish. Fire shrimp are technically cleaners. However, they are often so reclusive, that they are never out to do any cleaning, even if the fish wanted them to.

It's true that fire shrimp are reclusive. My hippo tang can wedge himself down into the rock where the fire shrimp hangs out to get himself a good cleaning. If your shrimp is accessible, the fish will find it. But the skunk shrimp is out all the time, so I would go with one of them if you are looking for a cleaner.